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“Self-criticism ... can lead to ruminative thoughts that interfere with our productivity, and it can impact our bodies by stimulating inflammatory mechanisms th
by tomhoward 8y ago
“Self-criticism ... can lead to ruminative thoughts that interfere with our productivity, and it can impact our bodies by stimulating inflammatory mechanisms that lead to chronic illness and accelerate aging”
This assertion may sit outside conventional medical science and mainstream accepted wisdom, but it aligns with my own experience.
After trying unsuccessfully for years to overcome depression/anxiety, chronic fatigue and other mysterious illnesses (asthma, skin problems, headaches, back tension/pain) using conventional/material remedies (antidepressants, exercise, diets), I added emotion-based treatments to my regimen about 6 years ago, and have had much greater success.
In particular, I've undertaken practices that identify negative beliefs, traumas and sabotaging behavioural patterns that are held in the subconscious, then allow these issues to be understood and resolved. Self-criticism has been big part of what I've been able to work through.
It's been no quick fix (it seems I've had a lot of baggage to work through), but bit by bit, as my emotional health has improved, my physiological health has steadily improved, as have all the outer-world indicators like relationships, productivity and career.
I'm now comfortable suggesting that this approach is overlooked by mainstream medicine to the great detriment of many people suffering chronic illness, and given the link with inflammation that has been suggested in this article and elsewhere, and that I seem to have experienced myself, far more progress could be made in addressing inflammatory and autoimmune illnesses if this approach were to be taken seriously.
- talonx 8y agoGood to hear about your success with these methods. Could you list a few books/URLs pointing to the practices you have adopted?
- coldtea 8y ago>This assertion may sit outside conventional medical science and mainstream accepted wisdom, but it aligns with my own experience. Conventional medical science is still at the level chemistry was in the alchemy days. Heck, it was just a few decades ago that they thought lobotomy was a cure -- and tons of other BS non-scientific convictions held in the last and this century. It should itself better align with individual experiences and physiological responses...
- OldSchoolJohnny 8y agoI wish that global anecdotal database for health issues that people keep talking about existed so we could pool data and come up with some correlation for things.
- Pywarrior 8y agoHow much would you pay for a subscription such a service?
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- pacificleo11 8y agoCan you please share the details of methods /techniques you used? did you saw a therapist? I am in same boat here and can use some help
- dboreham 8y agoSounds like a form of CBT.
- dronescanfly 8y agooh the joys of name overloading. Wasn't sure what abbreviation you meant, went to google, was surprised...
- RugnirViking 8y agoCognitive Behavioural Therapy
- locuscoeruleus 8y agoTo be fair, you're not expected to know random abbreviations from random fields of study. That said, if you're interested in emotion-based therapy you can check out http://istdpinstitute.com http://istdpinstitute.com or http://www.iseft.org/ http://www.iseft.org/ (they have global lists with therapauts).
- locuscoeruleus 8y agoSeeing as he's said it's emotion based this is very unlikely.
- dboreham 8y agoWell...DBT then.
- wenc 8y agoYep, for the uninitiated, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a standard and empirically-proven set of techniques used by many therapists to treat negative feedback loops (destructive self-criticism). It's basically a set of exercises to reframe one's thoughts. There's a workbook (Mind over Mood 2e, Greenberger & Padesky, $18 on Amazon) that is often recommended. I don't suffer from any kind of mental illness but even so have found CBT useful for managing my day-to-day emotions.
- locuscoeruleus 8y agoI was fortunate enough to have started directly with an emotion-based treatment and the changes from last year to now have been huge. Very incremental and I have no idea when they happened, but I feel so much better now. > I'm now comfortable suggesting that this approach is overlooked by mainstream medicine to the great detriment of many people suffering chronic illness If people are interested in this, checkout https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Back-Pain-Mind-Body-Connection/dp/0446557684 https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Back-Pain-Mind-Body-Connectio...